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or influenced by the history of that censorship.
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Now, I think it's worth thinking about what he says in that essay.
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And I'm especially interested
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in this passage on 313
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about the genre fiction of pornography, so this is 313, if you'll turn to it:
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In modern times the term 'pornography' connotes mediocrity,
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commercialism, and certain strict rules of narration.
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Obscenity must be mated with banality
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because every kind of aesthetic enjoyment
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has to be entirely replaced by simple sexual stimulation
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which demands the traditional word for direct action upon the patient.
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Old, rigid rules must be followed by the pornographer